Saliha Şahin

Saliha Şahin (born 5 November 1998) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb) and plays in the Outside Hitter position. She last played for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team. +

Saliha Şahin
Personal information
Born (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Spike304 cm (120 in)
Block294 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2015–2019
  • 2019–2020
  • 2019–2023
  • 2023–
National team
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2017
  • 2018–
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Turkey
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2023 ArlingtonTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 NanjingTeam
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona Team
FIVB U23 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 LjubljanaTeam
Junior European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2016 NitraTeam
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2015 BakuTeam

Club career

Saliha Şahin is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Outside Hitter position.[1] She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in 2015.[2] In 2018, she transferred to the Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, formerly Eczacıbaşı Vitra.[1]"/> She was loaned out to her former club for the 2018–19 season.[2] In 2019, she won the Spor Toto Champions Cup with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.[1] She took part at the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship in Shaoxing, China, where she won the silver medal.[1] In the 2019–20 season, she was laoned out to Sarıyer Bld. SK.[2] She experienced her club's champion title at the 2020–21 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup. She won also the 2021–22 Women's CEV Cup.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[3]

On 22 May 2023, she announced that she left Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, where she played for four years.[4] She was loaned out to the Polish club KPS Chemik Police to play in the 2023–24 season Tauron Liga.[5][6]

International career

Saliha won the gold medal with the Turkey U-17 team at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festivall in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6]

She played for the Turkey U-19 team to play at the 2016 U19 European Championship in Nitra, Slovakia, where she took the bronze medal.[7]

She played in the Turkey U-20 team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB U20 World Championship in Mexico.[1][8]

She was part of the Turkey U-23 team, which became champion at the 2017 FIVB U23 World Championship in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1][9]

Şahin became a member of the Turkey national team. She won the silver medal at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Nanjing, China.[1] She played in the bronze medalist team at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. At the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Ankara, Turkey, her team placed fourth.[10] She was part of the national team, which placed eight at the 2022 FIVB World Championship in Poland and the Netherlands.[11] She won the gold medal at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Arlington, Texas, United States.[12]

Personal life

Saliha Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 5 November 1998.[1][13] She has two sisters. Her two-years younger sister Elif is also a professional volleyball player in the Setter position playing in the same club.[13][5]

Honours

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2021–22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2022–23
Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2020–21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2021–22
Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2019, 2020
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2021–22
CEV Women's Champions League
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2022–23
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2019
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2018, 2022
Women's CEV Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2021–22

International
European Youth Olympic Festival
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2015
Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2016
FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2017
Mediterranean Games
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2018
FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2018

References
  1. "Saliha Şahin – Smaçör" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. "Saliha Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Volleyball Box. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. "VKF 3–0 ECZ". Volleyball Club World Champs Women Antalya 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. "Saliha Şahin, ayrılığı duyurdu!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. "Saliha Şahin kimdir? Saliha Şahin nereli? Saliha Şahin boyu kaç?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. "Saliha Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Volleyball. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. "Turkey Team Roster". 2016 European ChampionshipVolleyball U19 Women. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  8. "IVB Volleyball Women U20 World Championship 2017 Finals (Places 3–4) – JPN 3–2 TUR" (PDF). FIVB Mexico 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. "Match Centre – Turkey 4–0 Kenya". Women's U23 World Championship. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. "TUR 3–0 ITA". 2022 Nations League Women. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  11. "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship POL 2–3 TUR". Netherlands Poland 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  12. "TUR 3–0 ITA". Volleyball Nations League Women. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  13. Yıldırım, Mesut (21 March 2021). "Saliha ve Elif Şahin kardeşler: Azim ve hırsla en yüksek hedefe". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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